Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire

The idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supre...

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Main Author: Juliette Dorotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2015-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/1718/373
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spelling doaj-5d53409aa1584b2480e6bfc3cf7932b52020-11-24T22:23:01ZengSociété d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe sièclesXVII-XVIII0291-37982117-590X2015-12-017223124810.4000/1718.373Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaireJuliette DorotteThe idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supreme being or institution such as one’s nation, is praised in these texts, one can simultaneously note the existence of a complementary counter-discourse which glorifies commitment to the self. These two representations are perpetually unsettled by the recurrent idea, developed in 1790s novels especially, that any type of commitment is impracticable.http://journals.openedition.org/1718/373
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title Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
title_short Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
title_full Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
title_fullStr Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
title_full_unstemmed Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
title_sort déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
publisher Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
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description The idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supreme being or institution such as one’s nation, is praised in these texts, one can simultaneously note the existence of a complementary counter-discourse which glorifies commitment to the self. These two representations are perpetually unsettled by the recurrent idea, developed in 1790s novels especially, that any type of commitment is impracticable.
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